S&P Global Slashes GDP Growth Forecast For India For FY26 To 6.7 Per Cent
ABP NewsS&P Global Ratings on Monday cut down the growth estimates for Indian economy in the next two fiscal years. Issuing an update to its economic growth projections for Asia-Pacific economies post US elections, the ratings agency estimated the Indian economy to clock a GDP growth rate of 6.7 per cent in the 2025-26 fiscal year and 6.8 per cent in the following 2026-27 fiscal year, reported PTI. Notably, the previous growth projections for FY26 and FY27 stood at 6.9 per cent and 7 per cent respectively. Explaining the estimates, the agency said, “In India we see GDP growth easing to 6.8 per cent this fiscal year as high interest rates and a lower fiscal impulse temper urban demand. While purchasing manager indices remain convincingly in the expansion zone, other high-frequency indicators indicate some transitory softening of growth momentum due to the hit to the construction sector in the September quarter.” Meanwhile, the ratings agency maintained its growth forecast for China at 4.8 per cent in 2024, but reduced next year’s projections to 4.1 per cent and that of 2026 to 3.8 per cent.